Hsuchow, Jan, 5.
Following their withdrawal from Tawenkow, the Chinese troops in the northern section of the Tientsin Pukow Railway front are erecting new defence Une. starting from Ssusul and extending southwestwards to Yenchow, on the Tienisin-Pukow Rail way. line, then turning.north-wes! Wards and terminating at Tungping, fon the southern bank of the Yellow Tsinan, Jan. 7.
Repulsing an attack by 300 Chinese soldiers, a Japanese fying column advancing eastward along the Kinotsi Railway to-day continued "its drive after capturing Changtien, 280 kims. west "of Tsingtao, Mengyin, 130 Kilometres south-east of here, occupied by the Ishida detachment yesterday, To reach Mengyin, the Golumn had to: cross, the Taishan mountains.
Troops of. the Fukuel detachment! tode Tsowhsien, about 28, kilometres southeast of Yenchow, at 2.30 o'clock {nthe afternoon of January 6, This column is advancing along the Tsinpu Railway.
The vanguard of this unit was, re~ ported to have- driven Chinese parted soldiers from Liangsiatien,. about twelve kilometres south of Teowhsien.
"Two divisions of Chinese troops from Szechuen Province were said to be for @ clash with the apanese forces at Lincheng, about '58 kilometers south of Liangsiatien.
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